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Fairness, Scoring Systems and the World Universities Debating Championship
by R. Eric Barnes, Paul Kehle, Chuan-Zheng Lee & Hugh N. McKenny Tapered scoring creates more accurate breaks than traditional… Read More
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Break Accuracy: Optimizing the Sorting Power of Preliminary Rounds Using Tapered Points
by R. Eric Barnes, Paul Kehle, Nick McKenny and Chuan-Zheng Lee • HWS Ideally, preliminary rounds at tournaments sort teams… Read More
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The Different Meanings of Debate
by Gareth Lim Debating has meant many things to me over the years. My journey as a debater has had… Read More
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The Role of Debate in Rwanda
by Nikitah Gaju The communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills debate teaches are valuable to young people who are at… Read More
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Hurdles to and Recommendations for Improving Access to Schools Debate
by Team India 2019 Debate can change lives. And for us, the five members of Team India 2019, it did.… Read More
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Arbitrary Debate: Assessing the Reliability of Debate Judges
by R. Eric Barnes & Christopher Doak Our focus in this paper is on these questions: 1) How reliable are… Read More
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Exploring Cultural Competence in the WSDC Community
by Cindi Timmons While debating teams from six continents have been represented, the increasing variety of participants from non-Western nations… Read More
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Transitioning from 3-on-3 formats to British Parliamentary: A Guide for Asian Adjudicators
by Lucas Li Figuring out how to win against three other teams – including one on your own bench -… Read More
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Sharing Insights as a Debate Educator
by Simona Mazilu Teaching debate to both students and teachers, and training debate trainers was to become an essential part… Read More
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The Native Crux
by Laura Alviž The article revolves around the issue of native speaker bias that most members of the debating community… Read More
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